Portrait Sketch of Eliza Harriet Polidori
1852
Accession number: 1904P248
Brown pen and Indian ink on paper.
Width: 100 mm
Height: 117 mm
Information
This is a sketch of one of Rossetti's two aunts. She wears a severe quaker-type bonnet which is relieved by fur lining. The Polidoris became Anglicans on their move to London. There is a larger and more finished drawing of the same sitter in the same pose in a private collection (Surtees, no. 411).
- Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1903.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Dante Gabriel Rossetti | - |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliza Hassaitt [?] Polidori / Aunt of DGR / c1859 | ||||
| - | reverse | Handwritten | - | Pencil |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood | |||
| 208 | City Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham | 1947-06-07 - 1947-07-27 | |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Painter and Poet | |||
| 8 | Royal Academy of Arts, London | 1973 - 1973 | |
| Christina Rossetti 1830-1894 | |||
| - | National Portrait Gallery, London | 1994-11-18 - 1995-02-12 | |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings | |||
| A E Whitley | 1939 | Bemrose & Sons, Limited., Derby | p. 347. |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828-1882, The Paintings and Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonne | |||
| Virginia Surtees | 1971 | Oxford University Press, London | vol. 1, no. 409, p. 181. |
| Pre-Raphaelite Drawings: Dante Gabriel Rossetti | |||
| Andrea Rose | 1977 | The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London | no. 2F9. |
Provenance
| Fanny Cornforth, Charles Fairfax Murray |
Associated people
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Eliza Harriet Polidori | Depicted |
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